Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
176
Language
English
Published
Jan 1, 1974
Publisher
Cassell
ISBN-10
0304293156
ISBN-13
9780304293155
Description
The Continental Op first heard Personville called Poisonville by Hickey Dewey. But since Dewey also called a shirt a shoit, he didn't think anything of it. Until he went there and his client, the only honest man in Poisonville, was murdered. Then the Op decided to stay on to punish the guilty. and that meant taking on the entire town...
Dashiell Hammett's ground-breaking first novel is not only a superb piece of crime fiction, it is a classic exploration of corruption and violence.
Dashiell Hammett's ground-breaking first novel is not only a superb piece of crime fiction, it is a classic exploration of corruption and violence.
Genres
Mystery
Science Fiction
Thriller & Suspense
Children’s
Business & Economics
Crime